Category Archives: Transformation

Turkey Twitter Ban? Ankara Is Hot!

Posted on March 23, 2014 by laura

According to the Washington Post, Turkey has strengthened its Twitter ban by blocking Twitter at the IP level. The Web 3.0 Lab has an interesting app called Happan.in that shows Twitter activity levels at any location around the world. According … Continue reading →

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Powerful Connections

Posted on March 10, 2014 by laura

My schedule has become almost impossible, but despite my lack of time, there’s no escaping news of the ominous situation unfolding in Ukraine. The story so far in 100 words or less: Ukrainians take to the streets to protest President … Continue reading →

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The Future Of Privacy

Posted on July 6, 2013 by laura

I’ve been working on other things for the last few days, or at least trying to accomplish a few things despite the inevitable distractions. My post last week about Facebook struck a chord. Traffic has broken all records, surpassing the … Continue reading →

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Aaron Swartz Freed Over 900,000 Public Domain Books From Google’s Restrictions

Posted on February 7, 2013 by laura

Today, via Lionel Maurel’s S.I. Lex blog, I learned that in addition to having downloaded over 5 million articles from JSTOR at MIT and releasing them into the public domain, Aaron Swartz also downloaded over 900,000 books from Google Books … Continue reading →

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New World For Ancient Eyes

Posted on November 10, 2012 by laura

The Free Music Archive and WFMU are holding a remix contest to demonstrate the potential of open digital libraries, inviting users to remix the Public Domain. While I don’t have a great deal of free time, this idea has great … Continue reading →

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